Program

As a tradition, the OPD2024 program will include both the academy and industry sessions running in parallel. Full program to be released March 2024!

Venue (28 – 30 May):

Scandic Marina Congress Center, 1st and 2nd floors, Europaea and Fennia halls
Katajanokanlaituri 6
00160, Helsinki
Finland

Tuesday 28.5.2024

12.00 
Registration opens – Congress Center 1st floor lobby
13.00-15.00 
Nordics meet France
13.00-15.00 
Student event
15.00-18.00 PREIN Annual event
18.30-18.40OPD 2024 Welcome speech
18.40-21.00Get together reception - Congress Center 1st floor lobby -

Wednesday 29.5.2024  

08.00-8.45 Registration opens
08.45-09.00 Welcome Speech -Photonics Finland
09.00-09.45 Plenary 1:
Europaea, 1st floor
09.45-10.10 Exhibitor's pitch - Session 1, Europaea, 1st floor
10.10-10.40 Coffee break and Exhibition - Conference Center 1st floor lobby
Parallel sessions:
10.40-12.00 Academic Session 1 - Fennia, 2nd floor
Industrial session 1 - Europaea, 1st floor
12.00-13.00 Lunch break - Conference Center lobby, (1st floor), and Restaurant Marine (2nd floor) & Exhibition & Poster session 1, 2nd floor lobby
13.00-14.00Poster Session 1 - 2nd floor lobby
14.00-14.45 Plenary 2:
Europaea, 1st floor
14.45-15.15 Exhibitor's pitch - Session 2, Europaea, 1st floor
15.15-15.45 Coffee break and Exhibition - Conference Center 1st floor lobby
Parallel sessions:
15.45-17.05 Academic Session 2 - Fennia, 2nd floor
Industrial session 2 - Europaea, 1st floor
17.05-18.40 Decision makers session - panel discussion
18.40-19.30 Annual meeting of Photonics Finland - Europaea, 1st floor
 20.00-23.30Conference dinner in Conference Center, Fennia 1-2, 2nd floor.
Photonics Finland Awards for The Photonics Company of the Year, Best PhD Thesis Award.
23.30 -Special Program

 

Thursday 30.5.2024 

09.15OPD2024 doors open
09.15- 09.45Coffee break and Exhibition - Conference Center, 1st floor Lobby
09.45-10.30 Plenary 3:
Europaea, 1st floor
10.40-12.00 Academic Session 3 - Fennia, 2nd floor
Industrial session 3 - Europaea, 1st floor
12.00-13.00Lunch break
12.00-15.00 Job Fair
13.00-14.00Poster session 2 - 2nd floor lobby
14.00-14.45Plenary 4:
Europaea, 1st floor
14.45-16.05Academic Session 4 - Fennia, 2nd floor
Industrial session 4 - Europaea, 1st floor
16.05-16.20Conference Farewell & Best Poster Awards
16.45-18.00Delegation visit program - Networking drink at the French embassy of Helsinki - limited number of places
18.30-21.00Delegation visitors dinner - limited number of places

Friday 31.5.2024 **

** Please note that this part of the event is exclusively for attendees coming from abroad.

09.00-09.30Transportation
09.30-10.30Company visit - TBD
10.30-11.30Company visit - TBD
11.30-12.30 Company visit - TBD
12.45-13.30Transportation to train station - registration needed by email to Caroline.amiot@photonics.fi
13.00-17.00Lunch & Consortium meeting of DeepSupport Project
Event reserved to the project partners